Riveting Reads

Kannan Subramanian’s book The Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Eco-System, provides a comprehensive review of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) mechanisms, methods and techniques. The book features an introduction to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF), case studies and approaches to implementing...

Bob Pasley's book Anatomy of a Banking Scandal, presents the story of small West Virginia bank that grew through fraud, embezzlement and money laundering to become one of the most profitable community banks in the country, only to then become one of the largest bank...

The negative socioeconomic impact and global instability triggered by the expropriation of nations’ wealth by kleptocratic regimes around the world cannot be understated. Tom Burgis’ book, The Looting Machine, takes an in-depth look specifically at the continent of Africa, where post-colonial relationships founded upon natural...

"No cops on Sundays," says Chris, an illegal street vendor, as throngs of shoppers sift through tables of counterfeit goods and stolen electronics on a busy New York City street. With only one indifferent traffic officer in sight, the buyers are free to load up...

Welcome to the ACAMS Book Hook column! The use of international trade facilities for smuggling and money laundering in the form of trade-based money laundering (TBML) has taken on renewed significance as cases continue to come to light where TBML and the Black Market...

Welcome to the ACAMS Book Hook column! In theme with the June-August 2014 Law Enforcement edition of ACAMS Today, this column focuses on the evolving trend of cyber-crime, specifically in mind of the recently well-publicized Target, Inc. credit card data breach in November/December 2013. The...

The Road to Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam with a foreword by Nicholas D. Kristoff and an introduction by Ayaan Hirsi Ali If there was ever a question as to what human trafficking (HT) is, Somaly Mam gives readers a firsthand account of her...

John Cassara is a former covert intelligence officer and a Treasury Special Agent. Much of his career was spent overseas where he developed expertise in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance. Since his retirement, he has lectured in the United States and around the world...

Rob Goldfinger had the opportunity to speak with Miami financial crime consultant Kenneth Rijock, whose first-person story, The Laundry Man details his decade as a career money launderer. Robert Goldfinger: In your book, The Laundry Man, you give a fascinating account of your journey...

Clearing House by Michael Lee Cannon Correspondent banking is considered a high risk typology by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for money laundering for several reasons, including the fact that astronomical amounts of money can come from many directions and the correspondent bank provides...

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